Lewis Hartsough was born this date, 8/31/1828 at Ithaca, NY. He was a Methodist who graduated from Cazenovia Seminary (1852) and pastored churches in the Oneida Conference. He requested transfer to the West, was appointed to the Utah Mission and later was pre­sid­ing el­der of the Wy­om­ing Dis­trict. “I Am Coming, Lord” Sankey wrote “The words and mu­sic of this beau­ti­ful hymn were first pub­lished in a month­ly, en­ti­tled, Guide to Ho­li­ness, a co­py of which was sent to me in Eng­land.” Hartsough died 1/1/1919 at Mount Ver­non, IA.